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One Thousand Club
JUDGEMENT DAY AND THE END OF THE WORLD IS IN OUR MINDS AND OUR MINDS ARE A DANGEROUS PLACE TO BE.
WELTSCHMERZ
Chapter One: There is Us, And Them
Chapter One: There is Us, And Them
Overview
The world was beautiful, but no longer is. What was once Berlin now belongs to the living dead. Nobody really knows how all of this happened, nobody really has time to think about it. It unfolded so rapidly. As fast humanity rose in the evolutionary chain, as fast it crumbled down to the bottom. The world as we know it no longer is.
The Beginning
It started like most pandemics. A small cluster of people were affected and then it rapidly transferred from one person to another. Within a year, humanity fell to its knees. Every street corner had a quarantine center. The progression was slow for the first generation of infected, but as time went it became much more aggressive. At first, there was hope. That was until the last stage appeared. Within a month, when the coverage could no longer lie, civilization fell.
The Virus
It all began in 2018 when reports emerged across the globe. Many causes were hypothesized; meat, drugs, water, air, sex... Everything passed through the scrutinized eye of researchers but everything contradicted itself. Every breakthrough turned out to be false hope. Nothing worked despite the efforts of scientist continuously working on it, until their dying breath.
The Living Dead Transformation
The virus has a distinguishing feature from other pandemics. Within a day of being pronounced dead by most, the victims of the plague resurrect. Most are lethargic and completely out of it, until it spontaneously attacks other living humans. It doesn't matter if it's their mother, their brother, their son or the neighbour. Faces of pure fury flashes before the eyes of their victims.
Do they eat the corpses of their victims? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. It really all depends.
There are very drastic differences between each living dead, but most can be narrowed down to humanoid-ish creatures. Make sure you don't get in contact with them, they become extremely contagious in that stage. You most likely will become one of them within a day.
Setting
The characters will begin in Berlin, Germany. It was the forefront of the research efforts, one of the last standing forts before it's untimely defeat six months ago against the living dead. The military planes are sometimes seen travelling across the sky, but they never help survivors. Only the laws of the jungle govern these scarce lands.
Characters
This role-play will revolve around a few survivors handpicked by the GMs. There are no reservations and a deadline will be set by the GMs for CS submission. We will choose the main cast of the role-play based on the quality of CONTENT and how well your character would FIT with others. Our advice to you is to not pass too much time on bbcode or choosing face claim if the personality and background of the character isn't fleshed out.
Rules
OOC Rules:
- Always have fun
- Don't create drama amongst role-players
- Stay active on OOC
- If inactive for a certain amount of time with no notice, the GMs will either feed your character to a corpse or take upon themselves the destiny of your character, mwahahaha.
IC Rules
- In every post, indicate the location of your character and tag whoever is directly concerned with the post.
- It is highly encouraged to read every post, out of respect for the efforts each role-player puts into creating a good post and also to avoid asking for recaps in OOC all the time.
- Character death is inevitable.
- That does not mean you are allowed to kill someone's main for the fun. Permission (whether GMs or Role-player) must be asked prior to any CD.
- if anyone has any issue report to the GM first. Don't up and leave.
- Posting Pace: one reply per character every three days
- In a situation where you hold up a person, after three days, that role-player may choose to proceed without you.
- Last but not least, we encourage you to have fun - as much as fun is bit dilated in this theme
Please copy-paste at the end of your cs "I read and understand the rules the GMs have proposed"
Characters
Character Sheet Rules:
- Do not add more or less sections from the CS.
- If we abstained from putting something, it's for a reason. (make your case in DM if you really insist)
- You may propose up to 5 characters for the first round of selection, but only one will be accepted for immediate IC introduction.
- Multiple characters are allowed once the role-play reaches a certain stability
- NPCs are allowed and require a very simple CS (name, appearance, description)
- The only face claims allowed are 1) description 2) Realistic (art/real life)
Code:
[b]Name:[/b] (whatever your character calls himself in the new world)
[b]Date of Birth:[/b] (the rp starts in 2018, age is bound to change but not birth year!)
[b]Appearance:[/b] (description required, face claim optional)
[b]Backstory:[/b] (how was your character prior to the pandemic, during the first stage of the pandemic, and when all hell broke loose, etc etc.)
- this section must include all the nitty gritty details in regards to any past martial art or weapon training, for example.
You know, that survival quality that makes them survive this world atm.
Just saying, it's better/more realistic if your character has more or equal amount of flaws and qualities.
[b]Personality:[/b] (MBTI is optional; describe your characters complex nature)
[b]Skills:[/b]
[b]Weaknesses:[/b] (Physiologically, Behaviourally, & Mentally)
[b]Pre-Existing Relationships:[/b] (Optional, if your character is involved with any other character, please enumerate them here)
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